{"id":99563,"date":"2020-04-07T06:01:12","date_gmt":"2020-04-07T13:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"\/blogs\/?p=99563"},"modified":"2024-07-07T23:32:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T06:32:06","slug":"covid-19-threat-update-now-includes-blood-for-sale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/other-blogs\/mcafee-labs\/covid-19-threat-update-now-includes-blood-for-sale\/","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Threat Update &#8211; now includes Blood for Sale"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Although the use of global events as a vehicle to drive digital crime is hardly surprising, the current outbreak of COVID-19 has revealed a multitude of vectors, including one in particular that is somewhat out of the ordinary. In a sea of offers for face masks, a recent posting on a dark web forum reveals the sale of blood from an <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChristiaanBeek\/status\/1244560044273868803?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">individual claiming to have recovered from Coronavirus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><u>What are we doing?<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Putting our customers at the core is what McAfee does. Daily updates are provided to products across the McAfee portfolio, with vetted information to secure your valuable assets in company or working from home.<\/p>\n<p>The volume of threats related to COVID-19 has been significant, with lures used in all manner of attacks. Tracking these campaigns reveals the most targeted sector is healthcare, followed by finance, and then education.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong><u>Mobile Threats<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In March 2020 alone, McAfee Labs identified several malicious Android applications abusing keywords connected to the pandemic. The apps range from ransomware samples to spy-agents that spy on the victim\u2019s device. For example, statically analyzing an app called \u201cCorona Safety Mask,\u201d we observe that the amount of permissions is suspicious:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Full Internet access that allows the app to create network sockets<\/li>\n<li>Read contact data from the victim\u2019s device<\/li>\n<li>Send SMS messages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>When the user downloads the app, it can order a facemask from the following site: <em>\u201c<\/em><em>coronasafetymask.tk.<\/em><em>\u201d<\/em> The SMS send permission is abused to send the scam to the victim\u2019s contact list.<\/p>\n<p>Although attribution will clearly be a key concern it is not the primary focus of our research, however there appears to be APT groups incorporating \u00a0the COVID-19 theme into their campaigns. For example, spreading documents that talk about the pandemic and are weaponized with malicious macro-code to download malware to the victim\u2019s system.<\/p>\n<h2><strong><u>Underground Marketplaces and scams<\/u><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>We have seen many examples of major events being abused by people whose interest is only financial gain and current global events are no exception. We conducted a short survey on some underground markets and Telegram channels offering protective masks and more. Two examples are shown below:<\/p>\n<p>The use of COVID-19 as a lure does not appear to show any sign of slowing down, indeed there are more campaigns being regularly identified using the global concern for selfish gain. Our focus will be to ensure detection remains up to date, and data points relevant for investigation are shared with authorities.<\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, we will continue to disseminate relevant threat information. To be kept up-to-date as we publish more content,\u00a0 stay connected to the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/McAfee_Labs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">McAfee Labs Twitter feed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, while COVID-19 related threats are on the rise, from phishing emails name-dropping the disease to malware named after popular video conferencing services, cybercrime in all aspects continues, and we must remain vigilant to other, traditional threats as well. For example, tips to secure the newly massive mobile workforce can be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/other-blogs\/mcafee-labs\/transitioning-to-a-mass-remote-workforce-we-must-verify-before-trusting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please stay safe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Although the use of global events as a vehicle to drive digital crime is hardly surprising, the current outbreak of&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":653,"featured_media":99158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[442],"tags":[5526,5423,6126],"coauthors":[3576,1359],"class_list":["post-99563","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mcafee-labs","tag-advanced-threat-research","tag-atr","tag-heathcare"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>COVID-19 Threat Update - now includes Blood for Sale | McAfee Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Although the use of global events as a vehicle to drive digital crime is hardly surprising, the current outbreak of COVID-19 has revealed a multitude of\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COVID-19 Threat Update - now includes Blood for Sale | McAfee Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Although the use of global events as a vehicle to drive digital crime is hardly surprising, the current outbreak of COVID-19 has revealed a multitude of\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/other-blogs\/mcafee-labs\/covid-19-threat-update-now-includes-blood-for-sale\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"McAfee Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/McAfee\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-04-07T13:01:12+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-07-08T06:32:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/McAfee-business-medical-1female-computer-lab.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"333\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Christiaan Beek, Raj Samani\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ChristiaanBeek\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@McAfee\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Christiaan Beek, Raj Samani\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/other-blogs\/mcafee-labs\/covid-19-threat-update-now-includes-blood-for-sale\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/other-blogs\/mcafee-labs\/covid-19-threat-update-now-includes-blood-for-sale\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Christiaan Beek\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.mcafee.com\/blogs\/#\/schema\/person\/b5594548f9e30297ea54990aff356e79\"},\"headline\":\"COVID-19 Threat Update &#8211; 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